For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 3, 2019 (RALEIGH) This week marks the one-year anniversary of North Carolina’s sexual assault kit tracking system. On Oct. 1, 2018, Attorney General Josh Stein and the North Carolina State Crime Laboratory implemented a tracking system to ensure that survivors, law enforcement officers, and others would have a way to […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a new statewide strategy that will allow law enforcement officers to proactively and quickly protect domestic violence victims who are at risk of being killed by their partners. The Lethality Assessment Protocol (LAP) gives law enforcement a research-based checklist of factors […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, September 30, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court in an ongoing lawsuit to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The lawsuit argues that the Trump administration’s attempt to revoke DACA was based on a faulty legal analysis and harmed […]
(RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today opposed the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which would take basic food assistance away from more than three million people, disqualify hundreds of thousands of children from free school meals, and punish working families with modest savings. In a comment letter to the […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he reached a $567,125 settlement with High Point dentist Dr. Stefan J. Simoncic and his Triad Oral Surgery practice to resolve allegations involving the submission of false claims to the North Carolina Medicaid program. This action is part of Operation […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, September 19, 2019 Legislation signed by Gov. Roy Cooper and sponsored by Sens. Warren Daniel, Danny Britt, and Floyd McKissick and Reps. Jamie Boles, Mary Belk, Billy Richardson, and Carson Smith addresses sexual assault kit backlog (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein, joined by bill sponsors Reps. Carson Smith and Billy Richardson […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the federal government to immediately comply with a court-ordered injunction blocking its attempts to strip access to cost-free contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Despite a January injunction, the federal government has not informed the public about the injunction […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, September 16, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein released the following statement in response to news that Purdue has filed for bankruptcy: “Good riddance to Purdue Pharma. The Sackler family sucked billions of dollars out of Purdue and is now throwing the carcass of this drug company into bankruptcy. This is […]
Published: September 16, 2019 Attorney General Josh Stein September 2019 If you own a phone, you’ve probably been annoyed by unending robocalls. When I travel across our state, this is the number one concern people share with me. We’re receiving spam calls at all hours of the day, on our cell phones and our landlines. […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein released the following statement in response to the FDA’s announcement that it will ban all e-cigarette flavors except tobacco: “Children are vaping because of flavors. The FDA today took an extremely positive step forward that will protect our kids. I applaud the FDA […]